Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1271?

41 of the people we track were surely alive in 1271. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.

  1. Dante Alighieri3–8
  2. Marco Polo17
  3. Thomas Aquinas46
  4. Rumi64
  5. Saadi Shirazi58–63
  6. Kublai Khan56
  7. Osman I13
  8. Albertus Magnus68–73
  9. Roger Bacon48–53
  10. William Wallace0–1
  11. Nasreddin62–63
  12. Edward I32
  13. Pope Boniface VIII36
  14. Philip IV of France3
  15. Pope Celestine V55–56
  16. Bonaventure49–50
  17. Pope John XXII26–27
  18. Amir Khusrau17–18
  19. Ibn Taymiyya8
  20. Alfonso X of Castile50
  21. Pope Clement V6–7
  22. Duns Scotus4–5
  23. Henry III of England64
  24. Pope Gregory X60–61
  25. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi70
  26. Ramon Llull36–41
  27. Pope Benedict XI30–31
  28. Meister Eckhart8–13
  29. Pope Nicholas III51–61
  30. Pope Innocent V45–46
  31. Pope Nicholas IV44
  32. Pope John XXI55–61
  33. Pope Adrian V66
  34. Pope Martin IV51
  35. Philip III of France26
  36. Pope Honorius IV58–63
  37. Duccio13–18
  38. Rudolf I of Germany53
  39. Charles I of Anjou45
  40. Cimabue28–33
  41. Yunus Emre27–32

Where the people alive in 1271 were born

The 41 best known of those alive in 1271. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (41 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list